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The secret life of Sen. Dan Sullivan

Commentary Victoria Petersen -
Sen. Dan Sullivan doesn’t like being portrayed as a weak-kneed politician.
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Online age verification could be coming to Alaska, piggybacking on anti-CSAM bill

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
But the bill does a whole lot more than that in the name of childrens’ safety.
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Where We’re Anchored: February

Anchorage Victoria Petersen -
Welcome to the February installment of my year-long photographic series that aims to show you Anchorage with intent, admiration and pride.
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The health ‘transformation’ fund touted by Republicans isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Federal Government Matt Acuña Buxton -
At his annual address to lawmakers last week, Sullivan touted the Rural Health Transformation Fund as a landmark achievement.
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Trail Blazers: Danielle Stickman

Arts and Culture Emily Sullivan -
Danielle Stickman grew up intrinsically tied to the land, traveling the Lake Clark region with her family.
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Sullivan, Begich face reckoning over Trump policies sooner than expected

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
One of the underappreciated elements of the “Polar Payoff” that helped secure the Alaska Delegation’s votes for Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill is that it was aimed at delaying, not stopping, the worst of it from hitting the state.
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‘Are we about to see more children detained?’ Legislators probe ICE detention and deportation of Soldotna kindergartener

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
Legislators this week are trying to get answers on ICE’s shocking arrest and deportation of a 5-year-old kindergartener, his mother and two siblings.
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Arrested Alaska Republican legislative staffer was a ‘compulsive child exploitation offender,’ feds warn, as they look for more victims

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
There are few things in Alaska politics that can be truly shocking, but the arrest Friday of now-former legislative staffer Craig Scott Valdez for heinous sex crimes against children is one of them.
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Saint Paul Island artists to headline 2026 Arctic Arts Summit in Sweden for “Sergie and the White Seal”

Arts and Culture Sam Davenport -
Two Saint Paul Island artists have written a book inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s “The White Seal," which will premier at the 2026 Arctic Arts Summit this summer.
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Sullivan defends support for SAVE Act despite harm to Alaskan voters: ‘I’m also a senator for America.’

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Congressional Republicans are pushing ahead with a measure to overhaul the nation’s elections.
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